The discovery of a conjugate system of faults in the Wharton Basin intraplate deformation zone

Satish C. Singh; Nugroho Hananto; Yanfang Qin; Frederique Leclerc; Praditya Avianto; Paul E. Tapponnier; Helene Carton; Shengji Wei; Adam B. Nugroho; Wishnu A. Gemilang; Kerry Sieh; Sylvain Barbot

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1601689

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The discovery of a conjugate system of faults in the Wharton Basin intraplate deformation zone

Satish C. Singh¹,²,*,
Nugroho Hananto³,
View ORCID ProfileYanfang Qin¹,
View ORCID ProfileFrederique Leclerc²,
View ORCID ProfilePraditya Avianto⁴,
View ORCID ProfilePaul E. Tapponnier²,
View ORCID ProfileHelene Carton¹,†,
Shengji Wei²,
Adam B. Nugroho⁵,
View ORCID ProfileWishnu A. Gemilang⁶,
Kerry Sieh² and
View ORCID ProfileSylvain Barbot²

¹Equipe de Géosciences Marines, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (CNRS, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France.
²Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
³Research Center for Geotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Komplek LIPI Jl., Sangkuriang Bandung 40135, Indonesia.
⁴Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl Pasir Putih 1 Ancol Timur, Jakarta Utara 14430, Indonesia.
⁵Technology Center for Marine Survey, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, BPPT Gedung 1 Lantai 18 Jl. MH Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta Pusat 10340, Indonesia.
⁶Research Institute for Coastal Resources and Vulnerability, Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, Jl. Padang-Painan km. 16, Bungus, Padang 25245, Indonesia.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: singh{at}ipgp.fr

↵† Adjunct Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA.

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Science Advances 04 Jan 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 1, e1601689
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601689

Satish C. Singh

1Equipe de Géosciences Marines, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (CNRS, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France.

2Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.

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Nugroho Hananto

3Research Center for Geotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Komplek LIPI Jl., Sangkuriang Bandung 40135, Indonesia.

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Yanfang Qin

1Equipe de Géosciences Marines, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (CNRS, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France.

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Frederique Leclerc

2Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.

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Praditya Avianto

4Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl Pasir Putih 1 Ancol Timur, Jakarta Utara 14430, Indonesia.

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Paul E. Tapponnier

2Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.

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Helene Carton

1Equipe de Géosciences Marines, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (CNRS, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité), 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France.

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Shengji Wei

2Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.

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Adam B. Nugroho

5Technology Center for Marine Survey, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, BPPT Gedung 1 Lantai 18 Jl. MH Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta Pusat 10340, Indonesia.

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Wishnu A. Gemilang

6Research Institute for Coastal Resources and Vulnerability, Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, Jl. Padang-Painan km. 16, Bungus, Padang 25245, Indonesia.

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Kerry Sieh

2Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.

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Sylvain Barbot

2Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, N2-01A-XX, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.

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